Inside America’s groundbreaking solar-powered health facility

A California clinic is one of a growing number of healthcare centers looking to achieve energy independence as environmental challenges increase

It is not easy to rattle Rosa Vivian Fernandez. The chief executive of a California healthcare clinic, she sees the harsh realities that the low-income, largely Hispanic community served by the clinic faces every day.

But when Fernandez traveled to Puerto Rico in 2017 to visit family, she was shocked to see how deeply Hurricane Maria had devastated the island.